[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 22 Improve IP address handling in the host-add command

[Simo Sorce]

On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 14:26 -0400, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Jan Cholasta wrote:
> > This patch enables the user to specify netmasks in the --ip-address
> > option of host-add. They're used for proper DNS reverse zone and PTR
> > record creation. Also the IP addresses are more strictly checked (just
> > like in the install scripts).
> >
> > https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1234
> 
> Do we want a reverse zone created automatically when a host is added? I 
> think a warning that the reverse zone doesn't exist may be adequate.

A warning is preferable as we may not be controlling that reverse zone.

Simo.

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